by Coral Beach ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 11, 2009
Through this candid collection of notes and letters, readers will come to know an inspiring couple and the adventures they...
The travelogue of a couple’s 12-year journey around the world aboard their 60-foot sailboat.
Coral, the daughter of sailors Buford and Jerry Beach built this travelogue of her parents’ travels from diary entries and letters they wrote en route. She filled in what details her parents’ writing didn’t reveal, allowing the story to flow smoothly from her parents’ decision to build their dream boat to their deaths six years after their journey’s end. Scattered throughout are snapshots the Beaches took of themselves, their boat, and the people and places they visited after beginning their journey in the Caribbean. Though originally intended just for family and friends, their letters are highly readable. They capture the many joys the journey brought—scuba diving in the Caribbean, spotting cheetahs and leopards in South Africa, seeing natives decked out in full cultural garb and body paint in Papua New Guinea. The candid letters also convey hardship and frustration, including the time a South African crew dropped and nearly destroyed their boat while lifting it out of the water for repairs. Through it all, the Beaches kept their sense of humor. Jerry writes about a haircut she got in a Mexican salon with broken plumbing, with the stylist using water from a bucket. Another vignette pokes fun at messages botched in translation, including an airport announcement that “Flight #307 will arrive approximately immediately.” In ports around the world, the Beaches hosted countless fellow sailors for evening cocktails; the title comes from the gregarious couple’s ritual 5 o’clock happy hour. Between the lines is the love story of two people who, even after 12 years together on a 60-foot boat, still enjoyed each other’s company. Coral ends with a quote from a knowing friend who suggests that Buford and Jerry will forever be aboard a big boat, “sailing the wide blue heavens.”
Through this candid collection of notes and letters, readers will come to know an inspiring couple and the adventures they shared.Pub Date: Nov. 11, 2009
ISBN: 978-1440157950
Page Count: 348
Publisher: iUniverse
Review Posted Online: March 20, 2013
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
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by William Strunk & E.B. White ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 15, 1972
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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